Marketing & Sales Intern (f/m/d) 6-12 Months

Royal DSM is a global, purpose-led, science-based company active in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living. DSM’s purpose is to create brighter lives for all. DSM addresses with its products and solutions some of the world’s biggest challenges while simultaneously creating economic, environmental and societal value for all its stakeholders – customers, employees, shareholders, and society at large. DSM delivers innovative solutions for human nutrition, animal nutrition, personal care and aroma, medical devices, green products and applications, and new mobility and connectivity. DSM and its associated companies deliver annual net sales of about €10 billion with approximately 23,000 employees. The company was founded in 1902 and is listed on Euronext Amsterdam.

More information can be found at www.dsm.com.

The Challenge

As a Marketing & Sales Intern at PCA (Personal Care and Aroma) you will actively support the DSM Personal Care EMEA Marketing & Sales team based in Kaiseraugst, Switzerland and Paris, France.

The main objective is to develop a rolling and continuous methodology to capture and analyse actively personal care trends and market insights across EMEA region, and across cosmetics applications (Skin, Sun, Hair, Make-up) by collecting, aggregating, sorting and analysing information from various sources such as Mintel/GNPD, Euromonitor, Kline platforms, specific cosmetics industry medias and magazines, cosmetics companies and Influencers communication, consumers reviews, cosmetics associations, tradeshows, and trends agencies.

You will also contribute to the implementation of the marketing & communication strategy to improve customer centricity throughout digital channels and platforms, both internal and external.

DSM is a purpose-led, performance-driven company and we believe in doing something meaningful. Joining the PCA EMEA Marketing & Sales Team will be a great chance for you to work in an innovative, science-driven company and gain further important professional experience in an interesting, dynamic and complex work environment.

This role is located in Switzerland in our HQ (Kaiseraugst) with a duration of 6 to 12 months.

What You’ll Do And Your Key Responsibilities

• Actively collect, aggregate, sort and analyse Personal Care Market insights across EMEA from various sources of information, and set up a rolling and continuous methodology to keep them up to date in the Skin, Sun, Hair care and Color Cosmetics applications.
• Propose new relevant sources of information.
• Organize and facilitate virtual meetings, workshops and webinars.
• Work on marketing campaigns to improve online customer relationship and generate valuable contacts and leads.
• Measure, track and report performance of digital activities.
• Understand the user needs for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, PowerBI and other digital tools and how to integrate new functionalities.
• Work closely together with your direct colleagues and with agencies with the objective to grow our business with digital as an enabler.
• Operational support of the Regional Director EMEA.

The Ideal Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree in the field of Management/Business Administration/Marketing/Communication.
• First practical experience through internships or other part-time jobs are an advantage.
• A “hands-on” mentality, with a proactive and curious attitude, happy to support and take self-initiative, the willingness to take the lead in some projects but also complete menial tasks where required.
• Very good English language skills are required, German and/or French is an advantage.
• Very good knowledge of B2B marketing, digital and social media, being digital savvy and a quick learner
• Good communication skills (both orally and written) with a committed and independent way of working.
• Motivated, flexible and team-oriented personality, who brings in new ideas and thinks innovatively.

The Reward

Working for DSM means the opportunity to really contribute to improving people’s lives and solving the challenges of today’s world. Challenging jobs, career opportunities and an inspiring environment allow you to enhance your personal development. DSM recognizes that the on-going success of the company depends on the continued development and engagement of our employees and pursues a fair and competitive remuneration policy, recognizing individual and team competencies and performance.

Interested in this position?

Please apply online by uploading your resume in English via our career portal. The procedure will generally be in line with the DSM application process outlined on the DSM career website. Due to privacy regulations, we can only actively interact with applications via our career portal.

For further information, please contact Fuat Yakut, People Partner EMEA, [email protected].